I am the Freak of the Week on Crispina’s website. Click on the screenshot above and see what it’s all about. Crispina offers great looking workshops. Someday I hope to take either the Sweater Chop Shop or the Potholder Rug Weaving Workshop, or both. Her workshops for 2014 are posted on her website. Below are examples of Crispina’s work.

I’ve known about Liane of Enhabiten since I saw an Etsy video about her back in 2009. I really love her work and, for whatever reason, I like knowing that she lives in NH (my home state). I especially admire the work she is doing lately. She is dying secondhand and vintage items, giving them new life. Look at these gorgeous t-shirts. I love the blues and grays, the marks and lines.

I also love how she is dyeing vintage doilies and table runners. I have so many of these types of things tucked away. I would like them so much more if I dyed them mustard.

The project that she is working on that most delighted me is what she is doing with chenille. I’ve seen chenille for sale in secondhand stores but never gave it a second thought.

When I saw these half moon pouches Liane was making I didn’t even recognize that they were made from secondhand chenille. It looked to me like a material that she had embroidered. Aren’t they lovely? She has a couple still available in her shop.

All these images are from Liane’s blog – Enhabiten. They are posted here with her permission.

Of course the other reason I have dyeing on the brain is because Shabd is coming to Kittery, Maine to teach a weekend workshop on dyeing. It is scheduled for Mother’s Day weekend (May 10 + 11, 2014). The registration page just when live yesterday. Join the fun. Email me at recovergirl360@gmail.com if you have any questions.